-orama
noun combining form
ə-ˈra-mə,
-ˈrä-
variants
or less commonly -arama
or -rama
ə-ˈra-mə,
-ˈrä-
ˈra-mə,
ˈrä-
informal
—used chiefly in nonce words to denote an event, production, situation, etc., that amounts to or is suggestive of a prolonged or extravagant display or exhibition of a specified kind
… this World War II-era suspense romance … makes a great guilty pleasure on video: It's such a goofy schmaltzorama that it gives you a retro high.—Entertainment Weekly
The wearing of your festival pass around your neck is pure geekarama.—Simon Chilvers
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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